pintado

American  

[pin-tah-doh] / pɪnˈtɑ doʊ /

Also pintada

noun

pintados, plural pintadoes plural

1. cero.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pintadoes
  plural
• pintados
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pintado

1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta

Example Sentences

In the afternoon, our old companions the pintado peterels began to appear.

From A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 by Cook, James

Of the pintado birds, our people, as I have before observed, caught no less than seven hundred in one night.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

At this time, we were in the latitude of 28° 6' S., and our longitude was 198° 23' E. Here we saw some pintado birds, being the first since we left the land.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

Many hundreds of the white-rumped mhorr browsed on it undisturbed, and the pintado and the partridge seemed to be without end.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

The last pintado left us 240 miles within the tropics to follow an outward-bound vessel.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John